A new bill proposed in Congress on Wednesday would land a person in prison for five years and impose a fine of $250,000 for uploading a single file to a peer-to-peer network. The bill was introduced by Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.). They said the bill is designed to increase domestic and international enforcement of copyright laws.
Wired News: Upload a File, Go to Prison
The Register also has the story.
I wonder how many strings RIAA had to pull to get this beast proposed. According to the EFF this bill is way to general, and it will criminalize the placement of any copyrighted file on a public network. Which means, that if you for example use someone elses picture on your homepage you’re liable for jailtime.
This is way scary.